hello and welcome to the programme. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has announced a revised trade deal that is aimed at fixing problems within the brexit arrangement that affects northern ireland. the agreement will remove checks for goods sent from the british mainland and destined for northern ireland. mr sunak and the president of european commission ursula von der leyen declared the deal as opening a new chapter in relations between london and brussels. the us president biden issued a statement saying it was an essential step to ensure peace from the good friday agreement is preserved. for months, negotiations have rumbled on in the undergrowth. finally, then, at a posh hotel near windsor, just outside london, and a spot with a keen sense of its place in british history, the stage is set. mind you, not before the president of the european commission posed for photos with some builders in london on her way here. and from informal and spontaneous, to the formal and very c
northern island business leaders have been broadly positive about the deal announced or at least the suggestion of a core breakthrough after three years of controversy and arguments. the head of the cbi the u.k. s biggest business groups in the deal should help people in northern island stop feeling as applied has been on hold for the last couple of years. our island correspondence reports. as political leaders chart a new course for trade between britain and northern island, business group welcoming the deal are hoping it will end years of brexit tensions. i don t think any of that has been helpful, the political instability, lack of understanding about where is all this taking us, is not good for business. for business. for some businesses for business. for some businesses in - for business. for some businesses in northern for business. for some - businesses in northern island the protocol has meant mountains of new red tape. but for others like this manufacturing company the dual